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打つ

うつ

Readings

うつ

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5t, vtto hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound
  2. 2.
    v5t, vtto strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
  3. 3.
    v5t, vtto beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
  4. 4.
    v5t, vtto move; to impress; to touch
  5. 5.
    v5t, vtto drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to vaccinate
  6. 6.
    v5t, vtto type; to send; to transmit
  7. 7.
    v5t, vtto insert; to write in; to mark
  8. 8.
    v5t, vtto make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
  9. 9.
    v5t, vtto till (soil)
  10. 10.
    v5t, vtto sprinkle; to throw; to cast
  11. 11.
    v5t, vtto do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
  12. 12.
    v5t, vtto pay (a deposit, etc.)
  13. 13.
    v5t, vtto visit (on a pilgrimage)
  14. 14.
    v5t, vtto line (a coat)
  15. 15.
    v5t, vtto bind (a criminal)
  16. 16.
    v5t, vtto drop (a piece)
  17. 17.
    v5t, vtto play a move; to play a game

Kanji breakdown

N45 strokesGrade 3

Example sentences

階段から落ちて背中を強く打ちました。

I fell down the stairs and hit my back very hard.

8時をちょうど打ちましたね。

It has just struck eight, hasn't it?

雨が窓を打った。

The rain whipped against the window.

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打つうつ

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

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